Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[1]

Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates25 July – 7 August 2021
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Saitama Super Arena
Final positions
Champions United States (16th title)
Runners-up France
Third place Australia
Fourth place Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Games played26
Attendance0 (0 per game)
MVPUnited States Kevin Durant
Top scorerSpain Ricky Rubio
(25.5 points per game)

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[3]

The United States won their 16th overall and fourth consecutive gold medal, after defeating France in the final.[4] Australia won the bronze with a 107–93 win over Slovenia, winning its first medal in men's basketball after a series of losses in bronze medal games.[5]

The medals for the competition were presented by IOC vice-president Anita DeFrantz and the medalists' bouqets by FIBA first vice-president Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani.

With a FIBA World Cup Changed a format & A Champions in FIBA World Cup will no longer be automatically qualify to the Olympics 11 Teams will battle for the Olympics through The 2019 FIBA World Cup along with 2 Best Teams in America & Europe, Best Teams in Asia, Africa and Oceania & 4 winners of 2020 FIBA Olympics Qualifying Tournament in Different Places alongside with a Host Country Japan who automatically qualify to the Olympics as host & For The First Time since 1996 that the slots are using 11 for qualify to the Olympics and the format will also change from 6 teams in each group (Group A & B) to 4 team in each group (Group A, B and C) The Top 2 teams in each group along with the 2 best 3rd place in their different group will advance to the knockout round.

Format

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The twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The first- and second-placed teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals as well as the two best third-placed teams. After the preliminary round, the teams were grouped according to their results (top four and bottom four), and a draw paired teams between the groups for the quarterfinals. From there on a knockout system was used.[6]

Schedule

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The schedule of the tournament was as follows.[7]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7
G G G G G G ¼ ½ F B

Qualified teams

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Means of qualification[8] Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation[9] 1   Japan
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Africa 31 August – 15 September 2019   China 1   Nigeria
Americas 2   Argentina
  United States
Asia 1   Iran
Europe 2   France
  Spain
Oceania 1   Australia
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 29 June – 4 July 2021   Victoria 1   Czech Republic
  Split 1   Germany
  Kaunas 1   Slovenia
  Belgrade 1   Italy
Total 12


Squads

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Draw

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The draw was held on 2 February 2021.[10][11]

The 12 teams were divided into four pots of three teams based on their FIBA World Ranking. The three groups were formed by drawing one team from each pot. Two teams from the same continent could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of European teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group.

Due to scheduling requests from the International Olympic Committee, defending champions the United States were drawn into either Group A or B, and hosts Japan were automatically allocated Group C.

Seeding

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As the four winners of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs) were yet to be decided at the time of the draw, they were assigned placeholders of "OQT Belgrade", "OQT Kaunas", "OQT Split" and "OQT Victoria." Each of the four placeholders were seeded based on the highest-ranked team in each tournament.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  United States
  Spain
  Australia
  Argentina
  Italy[a]
  France
  Czech Republic[b]
  Slovenia[c]
  Germany[d]
  Nigeria
  Iran
  Japan
Notes
  1. ^ OQT Belgrade winners, team not determined at time of draw.
  2. ^ OQT Victoria winners, team not determined at time of draw.
  3. ^ OQT Kaunas winners, team not determined at time of draw.
  4. ^ OQT Split winners, team not determined at time of draw.

Referees

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The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.[12]

  •   Juan Fernández
  •   Leandro Lezcano
  •   Scott Beker
  •   James Boyer
  •   Ademir Zurapović
  •   Guilherme Locatelli
  •   Andreia Silva
  •   Matthew Kallio
  •   Maripier Malo
  •   Michael Weiland
  •   Yu Jung
  •   Maj Forsberg
  •   Yohan Rosso
  •   Ahmed Al-Shuwaili
  •   Manuel Mazzoni
  •   Takaki Kato
  •   Yevgeniy Mikheyev
  •   Mārtiņš Kozlovskis
  •   Rabah Noujaim
  •   Samir Abaakil
  •   Kingsley Ojeaburu
  •   Gizella Györgyi
  •   Ferdinand Pascual
  •   Luis Vázquez
  •   Aleksandar Glišić
  •   Luis Castillo
  •   Antonio Conde
  •   Yener Yılmaz
  •   Amy Bonner
  •   Steven Anderson

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+9).[13][14]

In the preliminary round, teams received 2 classification points for a win, 1 classification point for a loss, and 0 classification points for a forfeit.[15]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 3 0 259 215 +44 6 Quarterfinals
2   United States 3 2 1 315 233 +82 5
3   Czech Republic 3 1 2 245 294 −49 4
4   Iran 3 0 3 206 283 −77 3
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
10:00
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Iran   78–84   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–21, 16–21, 32–17
Pts: Yakhchali 23
Rebs: Haddadi 10
Asts: Jamshidi 7
Pts: Auda 16
Rebs: Balvín, Satoranský 8
Asts: Satoranský 8
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Scott Beker (AUS), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
21:00
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France   83–76   United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 22–23, 25–11, 21–20
Pts: Fournier 28
Rebs: Gobert 9
Asts: Batum, De Colo 5
Pts: Holiday 18
Rebs: Adebayo 10
Asts: Green, Holiday 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Michael Weiland (CAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
13:40
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United States   120–66   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 32–18, 22–13, 38–23
Pts: Lillard 21
Rebs: Booker, Durant 5
Asts: LaVine 8
Pts: Haddadi, Jamshidi 14
Rebs: Haddadi 7
Asts: Jalalpoor, Jamshidi 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andreia Silva (BRA)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
21:00
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Czech Republic   77–97   France
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 12–29, 16–26, 21–20
Pts: Veselý 19
Rebs: Balvín 8
Asts: Satoranský 9
Pts: Fournier 21
Rebs: Gobert 10
Asts: De Colo 8
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
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Iran   62–79   France
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 10–24, 20–16, 15–17
Pts: Haddadi 18
Rebs: Haddadi 12
Asts: Haddadi 5
Pts: Heurtel 16
Rebs: four players 5
Asts: De Colo 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
21:00
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United States   119–84   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 29–18, 35–17, 37–24
Pts: Tatum 27
Rebs: Durant 8
Asts: Durant 6
Pts: Schilb 17
Rebs: Satoranský 6
Asts: Satoranský 8
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 259 226 +33 6 Quarterfinals
2   Italy 3 2 1 255 239 +16 5
3   Germany 3 1 2 257 273 −16 4
4   Nigeria 3 0 3 230 263 −33 3
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
13:40
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Germany   82–92   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 14–21, 26–25, 10–24
Pts: 24
Rebs: Voigtmann 6
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Fontecchio 20
Rebs: Melli 9
Asts: Mannion 7
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
17:20
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Australia   84–67   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 20–17, 15–12, 26–15
Pts: Mills 25
Rebs: Kay 8
Asts: Mills 6
Pts: Emegano 12
Rebs: Achiuwa 6
Asts: Agada, Okogie 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Luis Castillo (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN)

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:00
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Nigeria   92–99   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 29–26, 24–24, 18–25
Pts: Nwora 33
Rebs: Nwora 7
Asts: Emegano 6
Pts: Voigtmann 19
Rebs: Thiemann 10
Asts: 9
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
17:20
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Italy   83–86   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 20–19, 17–21, 21–21
Pts: Fontecchio 22
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Mannion 7
Pts: Landale 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Ingles, Mills 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Steven Anderson (USA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
13:40
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Italy   80–71   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 11–22, 16–24, 24–8
Pts: Melli 15
Rebs: Vitali 6
Asts: Fontecchio, Pajola 4
Pts: Metu 22
Rebs: Metu 10
Asts: Metu 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
17:20
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Australia   89–76   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–18, 22–19, 23–17
Pts: Mills 24
Rebs: Ingles 5
Asts: Mills 6
Pts: Obst 17
Rebs: Voigtmann 13
Asts: 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 3 3 0 329 268 +61 6 Quarterfinals
2   Spain 3 2 1 256 243 +13 5
3   Argentina 3 1 2 268 276 −8 4
4   Japan (H) 3 0 3 235 301 −66 3
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
13:40
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Argentina   100–118   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 24–32, 18–30, 24–26, 34–30
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Deck 8
Asts: Vildoza 5
Pts: Dončić 48
Rebs: Tobey 14
Asts: Dončić 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:00
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Japan   77–88   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–30, 28–21, 21–19
Pts: Hachimura 20
Rebs: Watanabe 8
Asts: Baba, Tanaka 5
Pts: Rubio 20
Rebs: Claver 9
Asts: Rubio 9
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
13:40
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Slovenia   116–81   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 24–18, 27–23, 36–17
Pts: Dončić 25
Rebs: Tobey 11
Asts: Dončić 7
Pts: Hachimura 34
Rebs: Hachimura, Watanabe 7
Asts: Hachimura, Tanaka 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Michael Weiland (CAN), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
21:00
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Spain   81–71   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–9, 21–19, 20–18
Pts: Rubio 26
Rebs: P. Gasol 8
Asts: M. Gasol 5
Pts: Laprovittola 27
Rebs: Deck 8
Asts: Laprovittola 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Maj Forsberg (DEN), Andreia Silva (BRA)

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
13:40
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Argentina   97–77   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–22, 19–15, 32–24
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Scola 10
Asts: Campazzo 11
Pts: Baba 18
Rebs: Hachimura 11
Asts: three players 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Michael Weiland (CAN)
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
17:20
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Spain   87–95   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 20–21, 26–27, 17–27
Pts: Rubio 18
Rebs: Claver, M. Gasol 6
Asts: Rubio 9
Pts: Čančar 22
Rebs: Dončić, Tobey 14
Asts: Dončić 9
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

Third-placed teams ranking

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 C   Argentina 3 1 2 268 276 −8 4 Quarterfinals
2 B   Germany 3 1 2 257 273 −16 4
3 A   Czech Republic 3 1 2 245 294 −49 4
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) game points difference; 3) number of game points scored; 4) FIBA ranking.

Knockout stage

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A draw after the preliminary round decided the pairings, where a seeded team played an unseeded team. The draw was held after the last group stage match on 1 August.[16][17] Teams qualified were divided into two pots:

  • Pot D comprised the three first-placed teams from the group phase, along with the best second-placed team.
  • Pot E comprised the two remaining second-placed teams, along with the two best third-placed teams.

Draw principles:

  • Each game pairing had one team from Pot D and one team from Pot E.
  • Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other in the quarterfinals.
  • The second-placed team from Pot D could not be drawn against a third-placed team from Pot E.

Ranking

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 3 3 0 329 268 +61 6 Seeded (Pot D)
2   France 3 3 0 259 215 +44 6
3   Australia 3 3 0 259 226 +33 6
4   United States 3 2 1 315 233 +82 5 Seeded (Pot D)
5   Italy 3 2 1 255 239 +16 5 Unseeded (Pot E)
6   Spain 3 2 1 256 243 +13 5
7   Argentina 3 1 2 268 276 −8 4 Unseeded (Pot E)
8   Germany 3 1 2 257 273 −16 4
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points difference; 3) points scored.

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
3 August
 
 
  Italy75
 
5 August
 
  France84
 
  France90
 
3 August
 
  Slovenia89
 
  Slovenia94
 
7 August
 
  Germany70
 
  France82
 
3 August
 
  United States87
 
  Spain81
 
5 August
 
  United States95
 
  United States97
 
3 August
 
  Australia78 Bronze medal
 
  Australia97
 
7 August
 
  Argentina59
 
  Slovenia93
 
 
  Australia107
 

Quarterfinals

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3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
10:00
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Slovenia   94–70   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 19–23, 22–17, 28–16
Pts: Dragić 27
Rebs: Tobey 11
Asts: Dončić 11
Pts: 11
Rebs: Bonga 7
Asts: Bonga 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Matthew Kallio (CAN), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
13:40
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Spain   81–95   United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–24, 20–26, 18–26
Pts: Rubio 38
Rebs: W. Hernangómez 10
Asts: W. Hernangómez 3
Pts: Durant 29
Rebs: Booker 9
Asts: Booker, Holiday 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
17:20
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Italy   75–84   France
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 17–23, 12–21, 21–20
Pts: Fontecchio 23
Rebs: Gallinari 10
Asts: Pajola 6
Pts: Gobert 22
Rebs: Batum 14
Asts: De Colo 7
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA)

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
21:00
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Australia   97–59   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 21–11, 21–15, 37–11
Pts: Mills 18
Rebs: Kay 10
Asts: Ingles 7
Pts: Laprovíttola 16
Rebs: Deck 10
Asts: Campazzo 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Semifinals

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5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
13:15
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United States   97–78   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 24–21, 32–10, 23–23
Pts: Durant 23
Rebs: Durant 9
Asts: Holiday 8
Pts: Mills 15
Rebs: Landale 6
Asts: Mills 8
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michael Weiland (CAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
20:00
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France   90–89   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 15–15, 29–21, 19–24
Pts: De Colo 25
Rebs: Gobert 16
Asts: De Colo 5
Pts: Tobey 23
Rebs: Dončić 10
Asts: Dončić 18
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Juan Fernández (ARG), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Bronze medal game

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7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
20:00
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Slovenia   93–107   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–33, 22–25, 26–29
Pts: Dončić 22
Rebs: Dončić 8
Asts: Dončić 7
Pts: Mills 42
Rebs: Ingles 9
Asts: Mills 9
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

Gold medal game

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7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
11:30
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France   82–87   United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 21–22, 24–27, 19–16
Pts: Fournier, Gobert 16
Rebs: Gobert 8
Asts: de Colo 7
Pts: Durant 29
Rebs: Tatum 7
Asts: Green 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Statistics and awards

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Statistical leaders

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Players

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Teams

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Awards

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The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.[20]

FIBA All-Star Five[21]
Guards Forwards Center
  Patty Mills
  Ricky Rubio
  Luka Dončić
  Kevin Durant
  Rudy Gobert
MVP:   Kevin Durant[22]


 2020 Olympic Basketball champions 
 
United States
Sixteenth title

Final ranking

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Rankings were determined by:

  • 1st–4th:
    • Results of gold and bronze medal games
  • 5th–8th:
    • Win–loss record of the teams eliminated in the quarterfinals
  • 9th–12th:
    • Teams eliminated in the preliminary round groups were classified 9th–12th based on the win–loss record in the preliminary round group.
Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD Standing New rank
    United States 6 5 1 594 474 +120 1 ( )
    France 6 5 1 515 466 +49 5 ( 2)
    Australia 6 5 1 541 475 +66 3 ( )
4th   Slovenia 6 4 2 605 535 +70 4 ( 12)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th   Italy 4 2 2 330 323 +7 B–2nd 8 ( 2)
6th   Spain 4 2 2 337 338 −1 C–2nd 2 ( )
7th   Argentina 4 1 3 327 373 −46 C–3rd 7 ( 3)
8th   Germany 4 1 3 327 367 −40 B–3rd 11 ( 6)
Eliminated in the preliminary round
9th   Czech Republic 3 1 2 245 294 −49 A–3rd 12 ( )
10th   Nigeria 3 0 3 230 263 −33 B–4th 23 ( 1)
11th   Japan 3 0 3 235 301 –66 C–4th 35 ( 7)
12th   Iran 3 0 3 206 283 −77 A–4th 22 ( 1)

See also

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